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Shelf Environments

Shelf Environments is a depositional environment characterized by relatively shallow marine settings located on continental shelves, distinguished from other marine environments by its position between the shoreline and the continental slope, where sedimentation is influenced by wave, tide, and storm processes under predominantly low-energy conditions.

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28.2K

Citations

1.8K

Authors

667

Institutions

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2017–2026

74

Variants

Shelf Environment

Parents

Publications

606

Nitrogen cycling in the Middle Atlantic Bight: Results from a three‐dimensional model and implications for the North Atlantic nitrogen budget

Katja Fennel, John Wilkin, Julia Levin et al. · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · 2006 · 583 citations

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Habitat of hydrocarbons on the Norwegian continental Shelf

B. van Hoorn · Marine and Petroleum Geology · 1988 · 404 citations

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Evidence of surface water oligotrophy during the Paleocene‐Eocene thermal maximum: Nannofossil assemblage data from Ocean Drilling Program Site 690, Maud Rise, Weddell Sea

Timothy J. Bralower · Paleoceanography · 2002 · 340 citations · Full text

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Mixing of siliciclastic and carbonate sediments in shallow shelf environments

Jeffrey F. Mount · Geology · 1984 · 324 citations

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Seafood through time: changes in biomass, energetics, and productivity in the marine ecosystem

Richard K. Bambach · Paleobiology · 1993 · 306 citations

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Authors

1.8K

  1. RW
    Richard W. Sternberg

    University of Washington, United States

    7 publications · 505 citations

    7

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  2. DE
    David E. Drake

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    6 publications · 232 citations

    6

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  3. FL
    F.J. Lobo

    Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Spain

    6 publications · 147 citations

    6

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  4. DA
    David A. Cacchione

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    5 publications · 216 citations

    5

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  5. LF
    L.M. Fernández-Salas

    Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Spain

    5 publications · 130 citations

    5

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1–5 of 1.8K

Institutions

667

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    21 h-index

    66 publications

    2.3K citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    990 citations

  3. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    1K citations

  4. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    12 h-index

    27 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. Instituto Español de Oceanografía

    Madrid, Spain

    11 h-index

    24 publications

    712 citations

  6. Geological Survey of Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    655 citations

  7. Bedford Institute of Oceanography

    Dartmouth, Canada

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    783 citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    32 publications

    1.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Continental Shelf Research

    43 publications · 2.3K citations

    29

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  2. Marine Geology

    43 publications · 2.1K citations

    26

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  3. Journal of Sedimentary Research

    JSR · 22 publications · 894 citations

    17

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  4. AAPG Bulletin

    21 publications · 709 citations

    15

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  5. Palaios

    12 publications · 560 citations

    12

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